Patrick Welch of Pembroke Academy was named the Division II basketball player of the year, but after his team beat Portsmouth for the New Hampshire championship, he sent out an obscene tweet directed at the opposing team.

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY HAVE TO UPHOLD THEIR PRINCIPLES. HEATHER HAMEL JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE. IN A STATEMENT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BASKETBALL COACH'S ORGANIZATION SAYS THEY WERE SADDENED THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE THIS ACTION, BUT THEY SAY THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE PLAYER APPEARS BILLITY, BUT ALSO CHARACTER AND SPORTSMANSHIP. STRIPPED OF A STATE TITLE BECAUSE OF A TWEET. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO PATRICK WELSH, A PEMBROKE ACADEMY BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO HAD EARNED THE TITLE OF DIVISION 2 PLAYER OF THE YEAR. BUT ON MARCH 15 AFTER THEY BEAT PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, WELSH SENT AN OBSCENE TWEET DIRECTED AT THE OPPOSING TEAM. IT WAS TAKEN DOWN IN MINUTES. BUT THE ASSOCIATION CALLS IT UNSPORTSMAN LIKE BEHAVIOR AND THEY TOOK HIS TITLE AWAY. WELCH WASN'T ALLOWED TO REPRESENT HIS SCHOOL AT THE SENIOR GAMES ON SUNDAY, AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE TWIN STATE GAMES THIS SUMMER. HIS COACH WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR DECISION, WHILE HE DOESN'T CONDONE WELCH'S ACTIONS HE SAYS THEY BASICALLY TOOK AWAY PATS' BODY OF WORK BECAUSE OF A TWEET. THE PUNISHMENT DOESN'T FIT THE CRIME. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY SOME STUDENTS. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. I KNOW IT SPREAD A LOT AND I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE SCREEN SHOTTING IT TO THEIR FRIENDS, BUT I THINK PAT IS A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER, HE'S A GREAT CANDIDATE AND I -- A GREAT KID AND I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE HARSH WHAT HAPPENED TOM. BUT THE AWARD IS NOT BASED SOLELY ON A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S ABILITY, BUT ALSO A PLAYER'S CHARACTER AND DEMONSTRATED SPORTSMANSHIP. THE COACH SAYS THAT WELCH DID APOLOGIZE, IN FACT HE EVEN DROVE WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO PORTSMOUTH SO HE COULD DO IT IN PERSON. AS FOR THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD, JORDAN BELL FROM BISHOP

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